I have never heard of Hasbro going after a third party TF company, and they would be a looot easier targets.

It's true. Third Party transformers has always been something of an open secret with Hasbro. They know they're out there and know exactly who they are, but they kinda turn a blind eye to it. Third Party vendors are actually the MAJORITY of sellers at conventions like TFcon and Autobot Assembly. However, Hasbro did draw the line at their own convention BotCon, in which Third Party on the vendor floor was not allowed. Again, it was an open secret that Third Parties still attend and sell, just from out of their hotel rooms which everyone calls "Parts Parties". So if any Hasbro die-hard loyalists ask questions, they can just be like "Yeah, you know, I'm just selling parts. A little bit of this, a little bit of that." And yeah, there actually are die-hard Hasbro loyalists that bash Third Party collectors - even if Hasbro themselves don't really make a big deal out of it.

Toy collector culture is so fascinating, isn't it? (Also sorry this reply is super late. I just see TFs being mentioned and I just have to chime in. ^^)

Haw ! I didn't know them until -very- recently, and.. hum... it's *possible* I bought a few... Hem *5!*... of them right now through your page, Clipper...

Thanks for your order! I will have your ponies out by Monday !

I will have some updates for the arena very soon on Pepper Jack, and a few others . Also will be hosting a Rapunzel give away (at pony fair, but anyone can join in). I will cross post the info here soon. Unless you guys want to see a preview you can see on the hqg1c.forumotion.com . Once all details are finalized, they will be posted on the arena.

I rerooted one of the newborn HQG1C's the other night, and I can confirm they have an excellent, full head of hair. Took me most of a G3 pony's mane to reroot a newborn's mane. I still need to finish her new tail . . .

Anybody have the Valentine girls? I just opened mine. I got the pearly versions, and I am somewhat...underwhelmed, disappointed? There is a black spot on the white one's right shoulder. I know they say that they may have random marks but it is so obvious on the white pony! And it seems like it is under the pearly coating, so assuming it is not removable. Also, the red's pearly coating is hard to distinguish on her coloring. I just feel like they were not quite worth what was charged for them. They just aren't as great as some of the past releases. Especially, being more expensive being pearly. Anyone else somewhat underwhelmed by these or any other release? I feel like I am just stuck with them, especially with the black spot on the shoulder of the white one. Maybe it's time to learn re-hairing and maybe that will help me like the white one more even with the black spot. I feel like I am talking about Jack Sparrow's black spot summoning the Kraken lol.

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I've somewhat recently been getting very interested in these, as well! They are so well done and so beautiful, they look identical to real G1s!

I really really love Dasher, I oogled at him forever, and still do! That new Spring boy is lovely as well, and I LOVE Pepperjack!I really love Kitty Love, as well and the bat baby as well, and Lucky Star- who am I kidding, all their ponies are amazing!

And I love that fair pony so much, I might have to get her! Unfortunately I can't attend this year's fair, it's pretty far for me, but that pony is so lovely and would be awesome to have. Also it'd be wonderful to support the Pony Fair (And HQG1C!), even if I can't go, but just to support the cause and show interest to keep it going, so that hopefully someday I am able to go to a Pony Fair!Edit: I BOUGHT THE PONYFAIR PONY. She'll be first custom pony of any kind! And she is so, so gorgeous, I everything about her, I'm so excited!

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I only have the regular valentines and there aren't any flaws I can see in terms of marks and such. The hair is pretty wild on them, though. I haven't had a chance to do anything about it yet. Genie (who I don't have) has such nice untangled hair from factory, so I do wonder if the rooting is different for some of these. It's not really a complaint, just an observation. I like working with pony hair and doing the hair and stuff but I wonder if there is any way in the packaging of these before distribution that some kind of tie or something could be used to prevent hair getting tangled (especially if going into long distance transit?) MLP used to use (and retro ones still use) plastic strips to keep the hair from getting tangled and messed up. I wonder about that for future releases that have small heads and lots of hair...